Preheat oven to 400. Peel and core the apples. Stuff the centers with walnuts and butter. Place in buttered baking pan and set aside.

Blend the other ingredients in a small bowl and pour over the apples. Bake for about 35-45 minutes or until apples are soft (but not mushy). Baste periodically while apples are baking; you really need to check them for doneness anyway, since oven vary.

Serve warm, spooning the thickened juice from the bottom of the baking dish over the apples. Ice cream or yoghurt are great toppings. I also like a hunk of cheddar with mine, to offset the sweetness.

The spices were perfect in concert with the brandy, giving the apples a complex, almost mysterious taste.

Comments

Calvados must be some type of apple liquor? This sounds yummy, and not at all out of season here in Michigan, as we are one of the biggest apple producers in the country! Cheap and delicious! You sure can clean out a fridge!!!

Mimi,This looks great. I think walnuts sound better with apples than pistachios. Definitely bring calvados home from France, it's so much cheaper there. Poire William is also a good idea. I use it in making pear sorbet (and for sipping, it's one of my favorites). Thanks for your entry.

I love the sound of this! I baked some apples a few months ago using some orange liqueur. I do love Calvados, though I haven't had any in quite a while. We used to drink it in New Mexico in the winter.

Snazzy leftovers indeed, Mimi! Don't you just love the rhythm of pulling things out of fridge and pantry, adding a bit of this, a bit of that, with the end result being a fabulous baked apple? Just lovely!

I think you can eat this kind of dish all year round..especially with this crazy weather we are having. Monday we were sweating in shorts, today we are bundled up in jeans and sweaters. Crazy.This looks like comfort food to the max!